Bible Question:
I know I have found the definition of witchcraft in the Bible as: manipulation, intimidation, and domination but now I can't find the verse. Please help if you know where it's found. Thanks, |
Bible Answer: I'm not sure where you got that definition, but for what its worth, the following is an entry from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Witch; Witchcraft 2. Biblical Usage: Since the ideas we attach to “witch” and “witchcraft” were unknown in Bible times, the words have no right place in our English Bible, and this has been recognized to some extent but not completely by the Revisers of 1884. The word “witch” occurs twice in the King James Version, namely, (1) in Exo 22:18, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch (the Revised Version (British and American) “a sorceress”) to live”; (2) in Deu 18:10, “or a witch” (the Revised Version (British and American) “or a sorcerer”). The Hebrew word is in both cases the participle of the verb (kishseph) denoting “to practice the magical article.” Machaira |